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S.Leone authorities treating Sunday's deadly clashes as failed coup

Curfew partially lifted in SLeone capital as govt says calm restored

Daily life began to resume amid a heavy security presence in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Monday, as the government partially lifted a curfew imposed after armed clashes erupted in the city

S.Leone under curfew after military armoury attacked

Malaria jabs set for broader rollout in Africa

The United Nations heralded Wednesday the forthcoming scale-up of malaria vaccination across Africa after the first shipment of doses arrived in Cameroon

Boakai declared winner of Liberia presidential election

Boakai declared winner of Liberia presidential election

Boakai declared winner of Liberia presidential election

Football: World Cup African qualifying schedule

Football: World Cup African qualifying results

Russia has sent first free grain shipments to Africa

Mali army says has entered rebel stronghold of Kidal

Mali's army on Tuesday said it had entered the northern town of Kidal, a stronghold of Tuareg-dominated separatist groups which poses a major sovereignty issue for the junta-led government

Egypt captain Salah leads African stars into World Cup qualifying

1 in 3 children exposed to severe water scarcity: UNICEF

The climate-changed world with dwindling water supply and inadequate water services is also changing children, altering their mental and physical health

EU calls for light to be shed on Burkina Faso 'massacre'

Fighting breaks out as Mali army closes on Tuareg rebel town

OIC Secretary-General meets with minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso

The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, met on Tuesday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation and Burkina Faso's expatriates abroad Olivia Rwamba, on the sidelines of the international conference on "Women in Islam: Status and Empowerment"

Strikes kill civilians in key Mali town, army blamed

Strikes attributed to Mali's army on Tuesday killed several civilians, including children, in the strategic town of Kidal, potentially foreshadowing a coming battle in the rebel stronghold

Nine dead in Guinea ex-dictator jailbreak: prosecutor

The bloodied trajectory of Guinean ex-dictator Dadis Camara

Moussa Dadis Camara's removal Saturday from a Guinean prison is yet another twist in the dramatic trajectory of the eccentric ex-dictator associated with one of the darkest pages in the West African nation's history

Heavy gunfire in Guinea capital, downtown access blocked

France backs W.Africa bloc efforts to restore democracy in region

106 nations to gather in 13th Sharjah Publishers Conference

Niger's deposed president is with family and doing well: close source

Senegal awash in plastic from popular water sachets